Taraba State governor, Arch.  Darius Dickson Ishaku has accused bandits and kidnappers for taking advantage of the tribal crisis between Guv and Jukuns to cause harm to the state.


Ishaku while answering questions from newsmen yesterday in Takum on the Tiv/Jukun crisis on Tuesday, he said: “What’s happening now is not a Tiv/Jukun crisis, but acts of criminality where kidnappers and bandits steal and kidnap people to harm the state.

“I met the situation on the ground and since l assumed office, my focus has been on peace because without peace there would be no development.”

When asked why he had not visited Takum, his hometown for the past one-and half-years, Ishaku said it was because he was sick.